Just makes me even more excited to see what all of the other characters look like.Even a late-entry character like Javik looks noticeably better. It's like putting glasses on and seeing the details pop.
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Some discount for ME3 owners on Steam.
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Kinda bummed that EA didn't let people who owned the game on Origin activate it on Steam.
Maybe my memory deceives me, but I got a little bummed out thinking about how shoehorned the DLC characters felt.
Even a late-entry character like Javik looks noticeably better. It's like putting glasses on and seeing the details pop.
This looks really great. Seems like the model geometry is exactly the same, but they greatly improved the texture detail. Perfect scenario.
I can't speak to Kasumi and whatshisface because I only got them later after I beat the game, so it was just their missions and then I was done with them, but Javik brought a lot of lore to ME3 throughout and seemed more like a character that was gated behind a paywall than one added-in after the fact.
Zaeed and Kasumi were pretty shoehorned and unfortunately *feel* like DLC since they don't have proper conversations on the Normandy.
Javik though was like, literally cut out of the game and feels more a part of ME3 squad than several of the crew members that are in the base game. It's fucking insane that a character like Javik was sold seperately as dlc.
Don't care for the way they changed the look of Eden Prime. That harsh dramatic lighting left such an impression before.
Yeah I hope that's changing ASAP, it's an absurd change
I don't think i can handle how much they changed Eden Prime. It's such an iconic setpiece. why would they even change the sky texture so drastically? what were they thinking?
This was the first moment in the trailer where I immediately noticed it looked better. The texture looks really crisp and really brings out all the details.Even a late-entry character like Javik looks noticeably better. It's like putting glasses on and seeing the details pop.
Thanks for posting these comparisons, btw! They're quite handy to notice where these remasters are improving on the originals.
This shows as "Series X|S enhanced" on the Xbox Store.
There's also 10% off for GPU/EA Play members.
There's also 10% off for GPU/EA Play members.
Even a late-entry character like Javik looks noticeably better. It's like putting glasses on and seeing the details pop.
The depth of field effect also looks better. Characters that are in the focus aren't blurred on the edges.
Tried to grab as high res as I could from the trailer and 4K playthroughs of the original games. OG ME has heavy motion blur in cutscenes so it's super hard to get a perfect still shot.
And you would be right preferring that version. If you played the original, that sky doesn't make any sense.
Definitely looks like they're attempting to bring the aesthetic more in to line with ME3's here:
In that one they tone down the lens flare from the original 😂Definitely looks like they're attempting to bring the aesthetic more in to line with ME3's here:
I highly doubt they'll do it. Unlike ME1 and ME2 where combat and non-combat zones were grouped together, ME3's have hard transitions with cutscenes and fade ins and fade outs; there'd be no point. Even though RAM limitations aren't there for the consoles, it probably won't be addressed.
A good chunk of sections in ME2 prevented you from holstering, too, btw.
Should we need to favor on current-gen consoles or will we get a patch like today's GOW one with both 4K and 60 FPS?
If we're being honest short of a complete teardown and reboot of ME3 from start to finish you aren't "fixing" it. Even though I didn't like the revamped ending they made at least did make it a little more acceptable.
They said they worked backwards from ME3 for this project. Probably similar reasons for the changes to Eden Prime's environment. They even took some of the buildings and assets from Eden Prime in ME3 and put them into ME1 apparently.Definitely looks like they're attempting to bring the aesthetic more in to line with ME3's here:
I welcome this change. When we went back to Eden Prime I was like "wait, is this the same planet from ME1? looks so different"
It didn't even make sense in the first Mass Effect. This is Eden Prime as seen in the Galaxy Map:
And this is Eden Prime in concept art:
No red skies.It looks a lot better with a regular-looking sky on a world that is supposed to be habitable for humans. Also, it isn't red in ME3 either, so it's clear they wanted consistency.
Yeah. Seems like it doesn't have a current-gen SKU for any platform, but it's supposed to be optimized for the new consoles still.
Since ME1 is the one that needed the biggest upgrade, I guess it make sense to put it more in line aesthetically(well, Eden Prime and the Citadel so far at least) to the sequels than the other way around.
I just hope they don't screw up Noveria. I really liked driving around the blizzard with the below soundtrack and the dark creepy tunnels with the Rachni. Here's hoping they keep the same atmosphere even with the upgrades.
Tried to grab as high res as I could from the trailer and 4K playthroughs of the original games. OG ME has heavy motion blur in cutscenes so it's super hard to get a perfect still shot.
That first pic of Shep looking down on the Citadel...
I think it was my favorite part of the trailer.
What happened to the specular texture
I'm going to be doing a lot of frame-by-frame comparisons this afternoon, feels like.
The red sky on Eden Prime always came off as if it was a direct consequence of Saren's attack (ie, Sovereign's presence and the geth attacking the colony caused a smoky red sky as things burned), so saying it was changed to bring consistency with the Codex image and ME3 doesn't really line up.
Gotcha. So it's basically a last gen game. W/E not a big deal or anything just not what I was expecting
Honestly you'd need to rewrite chunks of ME2 as well to get anywhere close to a good ending. That's where the death spiral for the plot started.
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